Sorry I was MIA, been so busy and the site was down...but my BFF
and webrynth master Matt Lum hooked me up!!! KatyOliver.com is back!

KO has been a fan of The New Yorker magazine for as long as we can remember.
In fact, years ago we were so inspired by our friend Kayt's parents' artful and clever
bathroom tribute to The New Yorker (they wallpapered the whole bathroom with covers
from the 70s) that we began collecting covers in hopes of someday following suit in a
room in our very own home. Well, we're sad to say we are so very disappointed with the
publication that we are actually considering boycotting it hence forth...Sad! But valid!The first sign of trouble was Anthony Lane's loathsome and misogynistic review of the
Sex and The City movie (as well as the accompanying artwork by David Hughes). The
bitter, brutal and blatantly hateful review was just beyond justification. It reeked of
rage and forced me to question the integrity of the editor(s). And now, to make matters
worse, the pub. has lowered itself to put a horrific and hateful cover on the stands
featuring an illustration by Barry Blitt. His artistic vision features a very distorted Barack
Obama in full-on Osama Bin Laden mode, American flag burning in the fireplace (of the
Oval Office?) and his wife, complicit with machine gun. WTF??? What's the argument "for"
you ask? Something along the lines of addressing the misrepresentation of Obama in
the press, the "politics of fear," blah blah blah. Sorry, not falling for it. No reasonable,
rational thinking person has gone there, and certainly not a reader of The New Yorker.
So what, what, WHAT is the deal with inciting this kind of fear, hatred, racism?
Seriously?! I could go on, but truthfully, I'm too disgusted and ultimately just too
disappointed. I no longer trust The New Yorker. I no longer respect The New Yorker.
Sad, sad, sad. Disappointment.

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David Hughes artwork for Sex and the City review on left, above;
Barry Blitt's cover art of Barack for the new issue of The New Yorker, on right

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Oh, and p.s. please don't try to tell me I have no sense of / for satire. I do.

Ran into our friend Tobie last night. Tobie is the shiznit!We be lovin' you always and forever, Tobie!Tobie & KO, Rudys, 7.14.08

Friend forever, actor, producer, hockey player, hottie Todd Carroll~Extremely hot duo Tobie and Clark~Ridiculously yummy music promoter/booker Sergio (with friends Tim and Craig)~Camera-shy old school friend Bob M~GOOD TIMES!!! New Haven, 7.14.08

Last night KO joined RGO, BCO, rad bro Rob, beaming beauty Ace, baby Liam
& Bishop Rosazza for dinner, good conversation and some great pictures! Thanks!Fair Haven, July 14, 2008

KO is looking for a new place...if you know of anything (affordable)
dog-permitting, please let me know! Need to be out by the end of July!!!
Email me: katy@katyoliver.com

Thanks!

Recently, our beloved dog Oz ate not one but two of our favorite pairs
of high heels. Rar! To calm our sorrows, we purchased two new pairs- we
have 4 weddings to attend in the next 5 months!- of fabulous Betsey Johnson
heels (see below). We are so in love with the black strappy pair (with lucite heel)
and the blue/teal satin pair, we had to post pictures of them...and fittingly, we just
got an email from our friend Jonesy about his friend's new venture: Solemates. The
genius of Solemates? "Discreet, disposable, and easy to use, the SoleMates High
Heeler attaches easily to most stiletto and kitten heels. By increasing the surface
area on the base of the heel, it reduces the pressure on this area and prevents the
heel from sinking into grass or falling into cracks!" You can, as they say,
"Heel your sole, Save your heel." Check SoleMates out.
*thanks to DJ for the heads up

This is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. To boot, it resonates: Too true! source: [thank you fave blogger!!!] AndreaHarner

Sorry to put it this way, but KO can't seem to find the words, so...
we are letting Michael K from DListed do the dirty work for us regarding
Drew's breakup from CT native Justin Long. We thought this one would stick,
as they say, and we aren't capable (in this capacity) of the kind of profanity that
so appropriately adds comedic relief to such a significant (to KO...yes, I know..)
celeb-relationship-conclusion as, er, important (oh we mentioned it mattered?
and yes it does to KO, somehow, for epic reasons) as this...Prepare for profanity:source: DListed

Did you catch AFI's tribute to Warren Beatty Tuesday night?Beatty got a Lifetime Achievement Award from AFI, and the show
(on USA) was absolutely awesome! KO is gonna try and dig up some clips...

Have fun today and throughout the weekend!Don't drive drunk!

KATYOLIVER.COM LOVES YOU!!!

Yesterday was his holy hotness Vincent D'Onofrio's birthday. Swoon.Happy Birthday Vincent! Love to you!

Last Monday night KO and rad bro RCO met up for dinner. It was a blast.
The cheese and jamon were highlights. Yum. Thanks again, Rob. To boot,
Beth~ in from Brooklyn for the night!~ joined us for a drink. Such pleasure!KO, RCO & BP (MC! MC!), Barcelona, New Haven, 6.23.08

KO with Annie and Kayt, Brooklyn, 6.24.08

Kayt gets fit by Ellis & with Annie later, Brooklyn, 6.24.08

with Annie, Kayt, Ellis and India, Brooklyn, 6.24.08

RobZ found a police badge (and wallet and checkbook!) today in a shopping
cart in the Xpect parking lot! KO quickly found digits (on the checks, obvs) and
called the Capricorn, leaving a message on his vmail. When he called back we were
shocked to hear him admit he hadn't realized it (all) was missing (!) and didn't know
where his head was today! Luckily his head is attached to his body! Couldn't not go
there, sorry. KO confessed he'd certainly find fingerprints on everything, as we'd gone
through all of it! Anyway he came by to pick everything up tonight but not before KO
paid tribute to Phoebe (from Friends) with a "YOU could get arrested RIGHT NOW!" pic.
Fantastic! Truly!KO w/ Po-Po Badge By RobZ, 6.30.08

KO with Annie, Kayt and India (first pic by Ellis, 2nd by KO), 6.24.08

Karolina Kurkova, best known for being an Angel model for Victoria's Secret,
was recently the topic of much ado whilst modeling in South America-
Why? you ask...because everyone took a look at her on the runway- and...
gasped: "She's gotten fat!" That was the general consensus. Hah! And...er,
hmmm...Fat? KO met KK once, fleetingly, outside Pastis, & KO has seen pics
of KK with Kayt's hottie cousins* from their Vogue shoot, so lets let it be known,
Karolina is all kinds of narrow, all kinds of thin. True, in these shots she looks
so very luscious and way voluptuous, but let's be real...she looks hot.
Way hot.Right?! Soooo very very luscious!!! Come on! For realz!The 24 year old Czech model is sooo not fat and sooo
successful she could actually help change The Industry (!!?!!)...photo source
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*KO promises to scan the Vogue pics asap

thank you AndreaHarner!!